Automobile attachment for holding certificates or the like



Aug. 12 19 4. 1,504,613

A. T. FERGUSON AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT FOR HOLDING CERTIFICATES 0R THE'LIKE Filed Feb. 9 1924 Patented Au 12, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,504,613 PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR '1. FERGUSON, OF SALEM, IASSACHUSETTS.

AUTOMOBILE ATTAOWT FOB HOLDING CERTIFICATES OR THE LIKE.

Application filed rebmr 9, 1924. Serial no. 691,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. FERGUSON,

- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salem,.in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Automobile Attachments for Holding Certificates or the like, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like arts.

This inventlon relates to automobile attachments and consists in devices intended taken through the form of holder shown in Fig. 1, the same being shown on an exaggerated scale; and p Fig. 3 is an elevation of the plug and papercarrying core. Referring to the drawings and to the embodiment of the invention there shown for purposes of illustration, I have shown at 5 a conventional representation of a dash- I board or instrument panel of an automobile,

the same serving as a support for the regis tration holder herein described. The latter,

however, may be located in and supported by some other part of the vehicle if desired. The registration holder herein comprises a tubular receptacle 7, preferably of sheet metal having a closed bottom and an open end, which latter passes through and is presented by the face of the panel. The tube 7 may be held in the panel by any desired means, but herein it is fitted tightly into an apertured cap. plate or flange 9, the latter being screwed to the, panel and overlying the exposed edges of the tube. The tube thus'presents a tubular pocket having the appearance of being sunk in the panel.

The tube is adapted to be closed by a plug 11 which fits snugly in the open end of the tube and cap, the plug having an exteriorly accesslble grasping member, such as the knob shaped end 13, and being provided with a resili ent fastening, such as the split expansion ring 15, the latter located in a clrcumferential groove in the plug and adapted to cooperate with a slight annular depression or groove within the tube.

In the embodiment of the invention shown, the plug is prolonged in the form of a core 17 which is split or separated into two parts by the slot 19, the two parts being joined at their tips by the pin 21. This core is of lesser diameter than the internal diameter of the tube. The license, registration certificate or other paper 23, which it is desired to store in a conveniently accessible place, is wrapped around the core, its end being first inserted in the slot 19. The core with the wrapped up paper isthen inserted in the tube, the plug snapping into position, as shown in'Fig. 2. The inward movement of the plug is limited by the shouldered head of the plug which seats against the cap plate 9, and the plug is there retained by the expansion ring seating in the internal groove of the tube, but the latter yields to permit the withdrawal of the plug andcore when the knob 13 is grasped and pulled.

While I have herein shown and described for purposes of illustration one specific embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is not limited to the mechanical details herein shown, but that extensive deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit thereof.

Claims: 1. An automobile attachment comprising a panel, a tubular receptacle sunk in the panel and having an open end presented by the face of the panel, a plug having an exteriorly accessible grasping part adapted to be inserted in the open end to close the same, said plug having a slitted core of lesser diameter than the receptable about which core a strip of paper or other flexible material may be wrapped for storage in the receptable, a resilient fastening to retain the plug in position comp-rising an expansion ring carried by the plug and a cooperating grooved part in the tube, and a cap plate overlying the exposed edge of the tube.

2. An automobile attachment comprising a panel, a tubular receptacle having afi open end presented by the face of the panel, and

a pllig' g teriorli'laccessible grasping member adapted to be inserted to close the open end, said plug having a core of lesser diameter tli'aii tlie tube about which core a stripoipaper o r other flexible material may be wra pm for storagein the tube. 3. An automo ile attachment comprising a panel, a tubular receptacle opening v,throu hssaicl anel, a. plug having an exterior y access; legrasping part and adapt- ,ed tube to close the tube, and a 'car- 'rier {for a strip of aper or other flexible materia ljsec'ured to t e plu said carrier being containedv within the tu e when the plug ,is inserted.

' aiitomobile attachment having a support, an ,open ended storage tube for oft 0 tube, aplug like member adapted to be inserted in the tube and having an exteriorly accessible grasping part, and resilient means to retain the plug in sition.

5.,A Storage member for a strip of paper or other. flexible material comprising an open ended tube, a closure plug having an outer grasping member and a core of lesser diameter than the tube, and a resilient fastening to hold the plug in position.

6. he combination with a wall support, of an open ended tubular receptacle, a plate holding the receptacle on said support with the open end exposed thereby, and a plug with a carrier for a stri of aper or other flexible material adapted to b tllietetube, said plug seating against said P a i In testimony-whereof, I have signed my name to this s ecification.

- THUR T. FERGUSON.

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